So you have a 4-year-old laptop that was probably underpowered when new, and you are trying to run the latest professional software, and you get mad at Adobe if it does not fly? Why not come on here and ask for constructive HELP rather than bashing the product? Adobe CS5.5 is the most powerful, stable version I've worked with to date.

Do you have a dedicated VIDEO drive, or are you working off the C: drive? There are many factors to consider, we don't know the full specs of your laptop.

I agree with Jeff. You are complaining about an underspecced, underpowered laptop not up to the task and complain it is the software's fault...

That is utterly ridiculous. If you have to haul a 20 ton load up a steep hill using your granny's bicycle, and you can't manage that, whose fault is it? Not the 20 ton load, not the truck it is loaded on, but your bicycle. So please put the blame where it belongs.

So you guys are saying that my laptop doesn't meet the requirements to run Adobe Premiere Elements?

You initially posted in the Premiere Pro forum. I moved the topic to the Lounge because of the inflammatory title and the ranting nature of your first two posts. If you need help with Premiere Elements, it has its own forum. I recommend you ask specific questions in that forum and avoid controversial topic titles like this one.

However, if you just want to vent some frustration, this is the place.

PrPro and PrElements, both work just fine with a very large array of Video CODEC's, but obviously, not all of them. CODEC's, such as DivX and Xvid, just do not work well, if at all, but those are delivery-only CODEC's, designed for streaming video. They are NOT designed to be edited.

I agree that your laptop is barely adequate.

I will also assume that you only have one physical HDD. Is that correct?

Perhaps list the full details of your laptop, and someone can point out the bottlenecks in the system.

Also, I am a tad confused. Exactly which version of Premiere do you have? If it IS Premiere Elements, then you will want to post to the Premiere Elements Forum, with those full specs. - more detail, the better.

For Premiere Elements (though a few of the links and tips can apply to PrPro), see this ARTICLE.

For more info on BadDrivers.TXT, see this FAQ Entry in the PrE FAQ sub-form.

I would definitely post to the PrE forum, so that you will get more "eyes" on your problem. The Video Lounge is specifically not for technical issues, and few who hang out here (drinking Rolling Rock and eating stale Yoodles), use PrE, or have any experience with it.

Also, when you do post in the PrE Forum, be sure to give as much info, as is possible. See this ARTICLE for the types of info, that would be so very useful.